My attempt at building the #smartmirror

Just wanted to share what I’ve been able to accomplish with the various modules.

I have to say that I’m pretty happy with the end product.

Making it work was fairly easy; building the frame for it was a much more involved process, but all worthwhile in the end.

Here are the modules I’ve downloaded and currently use.

PIR Sensor by Paviro

Bitcoin feed

Trello card (bottom right)

Twitter topics trending for the area

Google time to work (not displayed at the moment - only turns on during certain times)

Gmail calendar events

Weather info

I used an old VGA screen with the active HDMI converter, and it works great with the PIR sensor as it shuts off if there is no feed.

I bought a piece of glass on a local classified for 25$ CAD, and some reflective film (this was actually more difficult than I originally anticipated - I took three tries and still am not 100% satisfied)